Best PlacesPierce Crossroad, MS Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pierce Crossroad, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pierce Crossroad ranks 24,793rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on what local pay buys by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pierce Crossroad
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Pierce Crossroad's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pierce Crossroad ranks high
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Short commute15.9 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Household income$126,146 median, better than 94% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of towns
Where Pierce Crossroad ranks low
- School gradeF, better than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pierce Crossroad
A household needs to earn about $57,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pierce Crossroad home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $126,146, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Pierce Crossroad's effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Pierce Crossroad
Pierce Crossroad runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pierce Crossroad.
Who works in Pierce Crossroad, and how
Work in Pierce Crossroad centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Pierce Crossroad
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pierce Crossroad.
What the weather is like in Pierce Crossroad, month by month
Pierce Crossroad sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 37. The comfortable stretch runs March through May, October, and November.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| April | 77° | 65° | 54° |
| July | 92° | 81° | 73° |
| October | 80° | 66° | 55° |
Flying in and out of Pierce Crossroad
The nearest airport, Jackson-Medgar Wiley Evers International, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Memphis International, about 155 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pierce Crossroad
Schools across Pierce Crossroad average an F, better than 1% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mccoy Elementary SchoolF · 7% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bettie E Woolfolk Middle SchoolF · 6% proficient
Top high schools
- Yazoo City High SchoolF · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pierce Crossroad school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pierce Crossroad measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Pierce Crossroad against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pierce Crossroad
Is Pierce Crossroad a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pierce Crossroad ranks 24,793rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on what local pay buys, quiet, and short commutes, and lowest on the schools and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pierce Crossroad expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $225,000. The overall cost of living runs about 22% below the national average. Set against a $126,146 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Pierce Crossroad safe?
Pierce Crossroad is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $410 per resident a year.
Compare Pierce Crossroad with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pierce Crossroad. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pierce Crossroad represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Pierce Crossroad detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pierce Crossroad: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pierce Crossroad: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pierce Crossroad: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pierce Crossroad: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pierce Crossroad detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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